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MACMILLAN Biology How Life Works (3Rd Edition) by MORRIS JAMES E.
Biology: How Life Works was written in response to recent and exciting changes in biology, education, and technology with the goal of helping students to think like biologists. The connected resources of text, visual program, and assessments were developed together to provide students with the best resources to gain a modern understanding of biology.The third edition expands upon this approach by making both the text and media more flexible for instructors and easier to implement. New scientific skills-focused content gives students the tools they need to continue through a life sciences curriculum. Major content revisions in the coverage of DNA Structure and Function, Animal Form and Function, and a complete reorganisation of our Ecology coverage streamline the content and make for a more flexible teaching experience.There are great improvements to the media and assessment programs. Improved diversity of assessments (more diversity of Bloom's level, new item types, and new tutorials) and improved data analytics to allow for more insight into students learning. The Visual Syntheses have been re-imagined, creating simpler and more powerful tools to help students see connections between topics. 1. Life: Chemical, Cellular and Evolutionary Foundations.- Case 1 The First Cell: Information, Homeostasis, and Energy.- 2. The Molecules of Life.- 3. Nucleic Acids: The Encoding of Biological Information.- 4. Translation and Protein Structure.- 5. Organizing Principles: Lipids, Membranes, and Cell Compartments.- 6. Making Life Work: Capturing and Using Energy.- 7. Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Energy from Carbohydrates.- 8. Photosynthesis: Using Sunlight to Build Carbohydrates.- Case 2 Cancer: Cell Signaling, Form, and Division.- 9. Cell Signaling.- 10. Cell Form and Function: Cytoskeleton, Cellular Junctions, and Extracellular Matrix.- 11. Cell Division: Mitosis and Meiosis.- Case 3 You, from A to T: Your Personal Genome.- 12. DNA Replication and Manipulation.- 13. Genomes.- 14. Mutation and Genetic Variation.- 15. Mendelian Inheritance.- 16. Sex Chromosomes, Linkage and Organelles.- 17. The Genetic and Environmental Basis of Complex Traits.- 18. Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation.- 19. Genes and Development.- 20. Animal Nervous Systems.- 21. Animal Movement: Muscles and Skeleton.- Case 4 Malaria: Co-evolution of Humans and a Parasite.- 22.- Evolution: Change over Time.- 23. Endocrine System.- 24. Species and Speciation.- 25. Evolutionary Patterns: Phylogeny and Fossils.- 26. Human Origins and Evolution.- Case 5 The Human Microbiome: Diversity Within.- 27.The Diversity of Prokaryotes.- 28. Eukaryotic Cells: Origins and Diversity.- 29. Being Multicellular.- Case 6 Agriculture: Feeding a Growing Population.- 30. Plant Structure and Physiology: Moving Photosynthesis onto Land.- 31. Plant Reproduction: Finding Mates and Dispersing Offspring.- 32. Plant Defense: Keeping the World Green.- 33. Plant Growth and Development: Building the Plant Body.- 34. Plant Diversity.- 35. Fungi: Structure, Function and Diversity.- Case 7 Biology Inspired Engineering: Using Nature to Solve Problems.- 36. Animal Form, Function, and Evolutionary History.- 37. Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems.- 38. Metabolism, Nutrition, and Digestion.- 39. Animal Renal Systems: Water and Waste.- 40. Animal Reproduction and Development.- 41. Ecosystem Ecology.- 42. Immune System.- 43. Behavior and Behavioral Ecology.- Case 8 Biodiversity and Biodiversity Loss.- 44. Animal Diversity.- 45. Population Ecology.- 46. Species Interactions and Communities.- 47. Climate and Biomes.- 48. The Anthropocene.